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diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING index f4d14bd0..df9a7287 100644 --- a/doc/PROGRAMMING +++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ passed -v, and if you output the commands, you should indent them with 1 tab). This is so we don't have a lot of noise output when all the debhelper commands in a debian/rules are run, so the important stuff is clearly visible. -Debhelper programs should accept the options, -v, -i, -a, -p, --no-act, and --P, and any long forms of these options, like --verbose . If necessary, the -options may be ignored. +Debhelper programs should accept all options listed in the "SHARED +DEBHELPER OPTIONS" section of debhelper(1), including and any long forms of +these options, like --verbose . If necessary, the options may be ignored. If debhelper commands need config files, they should use debian/package.filename as the name of the config file (replace filename @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ There are always exceptions. Just ask me. Introducing Dh_Lib.pm: --------------------- -Dh_lib.pm is the library used by all debhelper programs to parse their +Dh_Lib.pm is the library used by all debhelper programs to parse their arguments and set some useful variables. It's not mandatory that your -program use Dh_lib.pm, but it will make it a lot easier to keep it in sync +program use Dh_Lib.pm, but it will make it a lot easier to keep it in sync with the rest of debhelper if it does, so this is highly encouraged. (There used to be a version of Dh_lib.pm that was a library of functions for @@ -51,17 +51,16 @@ shell scripts. If you want to write a debhelper command that is a shell script, I can dig up that old library for you. Only the perl one is supported now, though.) -Use Dh_lib.pm like this: +Use Dh_Lib.pm like this: -BEGIN { push @INC, "debian", "/usr/share/debhelper" } -use Dh_Lib; +use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib init(); The BEGIN block is there to make perl look for the module in all the right places. -The init() function in the perl version. This causes Dh_lib to -parse the command line and do some other initialization tasks. +The init() function causes Dh_lib to parse the command line and do some other +initialization tasks. Argument processing: ------------------- @@ -126,7 +125,8 @@ switch variable description dh_builddeb will ever use this) --flavor FLAVOR will be set to a string (probably only dh_installemacsen will ever use this) ---number NUMBER will be set to a number +--number PRIORITY will be set to a number (deprecated) +--priority PRIORITY will be set to a number Any additional command line parameters that do not start with "-" will be ignored, and you can access them later just as you normally would. @@ -206,3 +206,4 @@ autoscript() maintainer script (like the postinst or prerm). -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> + |